Very rare to see the opponents actually using their time in a rapid game. They played very well and while being outplayed they found some really nice tactics
been watching loads of Gothem and Hikaru content but the educational concepts and commentary by Danya is on another level. Very nice setup, excellent explanations for all level players. Keep up the great work ... amazing videos
The point at 8:00 about always approaching the position from the perspective of somebody who has not seen it before is so poignant when it comes to educating. The constant awareness of what the intuitive move is and when/why it is not correct is so helpful, and is one of the many reasons why Danya is the GOAT educator.
There is beauty in how you evaluate positions. Thank you for choosing to teach. Your explanations simplify the most complicated situations. There is pristine clarity combined with pure passion that transforms each lesson into a story with countless plot twists. You've truly given back to chess more joy than you could ever fathom, my good man. On behalf of all chess enthusiasts - your passion makes us want to be obsessed with this game ❤️. You legend. P. S. If you ever come to India, the greatest honor of my life would be to play a friendly match with you.
21:12 Danya: This was a genius move by our opponent! Me: I just thought he developed his knight naturally. Just shows the level between GMs and myself, a 1500 rated player on lichess lol
I can watch each one of these videos multiple times. Every time I watch them I learn something new. Recently I started reading Silman's Amateurs Mind. These videos are living examples of ideas described in this book, explained in outstanding manner and Danya also elaborates on them giving us a nutritious cocktail of juicy information. The best educational content on YT.
I have to give huge thanks to binge watching these speedruns, I’m averaging almost 90% accuracy after a few weeks of seeing all of these great videos! Best chess teacher on RU-vid!
daniel, you are seriously the best teacher. I think the majority of the chess community is insanely grateful for your videos and speedruns. Thank you!!!
Danya gives us all a boat load of info and lines in the Alapin and is like "I hope that was sufficiently enlightening" like it was not thoroughly amazing commentary, he's a real gem.
I am amazed everyday that I can just watch his content for free on youtube. Been watching his speedruns for months now, and just played an OTB this past weekend and finished 4/5 (3 wins, 2 draws), and in games I found myself identifying TYPE 2 pieces from my opponents (which Danya mentions in every video - piece defended only by one piece), and that helped me calculate and analyze the board way better than my previous OTB tournaments.
Getting a pawn onto d6 and giving a check on the e file while black is completely undeveloped on the kingside is also a common motif in the Smith Morra, more specifically when you sacrifice a knight on d5. It's a nice crossover of ideas between completely different openings.
Danya will go down in history as one of the most important chess figures in the modern era. His teachings are explained so well that even a beginner can comprehend, on top of that, he's also a strong GM. I'm thankful for this age of technology where these lessons will always be available to all, forever. I'm also thankful for the fact that Danya puts in so much effort and contributes so much to the community. Thank you Daniel.
Simply the best educational chess channel on RU-vid... You should take note and look at this like a class ❤ thank you Danya so much you brought chess back to my life
on the subject of queens, it seems almost everyone has a rule of thumb regarding them. One of my favorites, from a strong Brazilian player was, if your opponent puts his queen on the k-side then you must follow him there, and if he moves his queen to the q-side then you must follow him there. GM Joel B once counseled me that you shouldn't inherently fear a queen trade in an attack, in fact if you feel a queen trade ends the attack then the attack was unsound.
Some funny mistranslations in Russian auto-generated subs: 15:22 подруга 95 17:08 ферзь не попадает в сорняки 18:26 идея проста, когда мы думаем о ней 26:06 ладно, проблема в нашем противнике
Thank you so much for your content. I’ve reached 1800 in blitz, and been loving my progress, it hasn’t slowed down. I really want to shoot a competition in 2023 and was wondering what ‘prep’ training looks like. I’m only doing blitz so taking my time in a classical game gives me a lot anxiety, it’s going to be so new. Any tips or resources you’d recommend? You’re the best educator on RU-vid thank you so much ❤
49:11 Love that you point out this line. Marc Esserman recommends it too in his Morra book (in one of the declined lines (3. c3 d5), which transposes to this exact line. I blitzed out the line until Nb5 once against a 2000+ and the opponent was just shocked at seeing the move.
Very interesting, was always under impression that Bxf3, Nxd5, Bxd1 is better for white, I guess the question is what is better, go into a line that people study ( because it's good ), or go into a side line that people don't study because they think it's bad for white ( but can they prove it in the game )
Guys i started watching this Channel. I became FM this year. This week i won two consecutive national Blitz tournament. All my gratitude Daniel you explain super well.
Danya. I loved your videos. I'm trying do learn as much as possibile from your content. Already I have 2nd category AMD next week I will go to the tournament to make first term on 1st category. Keep finger crossed for me 🤞🤞🤞 Greetings from Poland.
I've watched Hikaru's video for over a year but never improved. I've watched danya's video for a month now and I can feel a very big improvement in my chess. Danya is the GOAT when it comes to teaching chess
Daniel, a request: For these games could you copy-paste the game pgn into the video description? That way 1) it's much easier to fiddle around with variations from the game, 2) from a historical point of view it's much easier to come back to these games years from now with everything in one place, assistive technology (future AIs) could read the game description and help the viewer more readily; there are all kinds of possibilities.
